Improvement in baling short-cut hay or straw



W. HADWIN. BALING SHORT GUT HAY OR STRAW.

Patented Feb. 28, 18 71.

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WILLIAM HADWIN, OF ROCHESTER,

NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR TO HIMSELF- AND ISAAC S. YVILSON.

IMPROVEMENT lN BALING SHORT-CUT HAY OR STRAW.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,140, dated February 28, 187 1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HADWIN, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Baling ShortCut Hay or Straw, of which the following is a specification:

Nature of the Invention.

This invention consists in baling shortcut feed with a wood covering on two opposite sides, held in place by means of cords'and hooks, as will be hereinafter more fully described. p

The invention is also applicable to baling short-cut straw for transportation to paper-' mills.

General Description.

while thebest eiiect of shedding the water is produced, the covering is yet flexible and yielding, to allow the bale to be rolled and moved.

The outer strips are notched, as shown at we, to receive the binding-cords 0 0,,which are passed around the halo and connected at the ends by hooks and eyes b 0. These notches hold the cords, and the latter keep the covering in place. The natural elasticity of the bale will allow the hooks and eyes to connect, and the reaction will keep the cords straight or taut.

Shortcut feed has been before bound by a covering of long straw or paper, with stiffenin g-slats placed on top and bound by cords.

The objection to straw is, that it gets torn ahd separated, so that the feed will escape. It is also difiicult to get in cities, where hay is principally baled. The objection to paper is, that it is very frail, easily torn, and spoiled if it becomes wet; and a great objection to both is, that they serve as no shield against wet weather, but the feed becoincsspoiled when exposed.

By myimprovement these difliculties are obviated. The wood covering is'strong, and will bear moving and rollingabout. lts flexibility allows it to yield under motion. It does not easily become broken or open to allow the contents to escape, and it serves as a perfect shield against the weather by presenting a roof to the rain. It also dispenses with the outside slats or stays, as the covering combines the necessary stifiness in itself. It is also in a form where the envelope can be packed and'returned to the place of shipment for use a second time.

The boarding may also be made so thin and light that is very cheap.

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In bales for short-cut hay or straw, the continuous wood covering on two opposite sides of the bale, composed of the series of wide and narrow slats B and D,placed with their edges in contact, and heldin position by the cords O, as herein shown and described, for the purposes specified.

' \VILLIADT' HADWIN.

Witnesses: I

R. F. ()SGOOD, H. D. MoNAUGHToN. 

